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“The Times Union only writes about state employees when they cause problems!” you might complain. “No one ever talks about the hardworking civil servants who earn modest salaries and work their tails off to help people!”

Complain no more. I’m looking for ordinary state workers to talk a little bit about themselves and what they do, and be profiled right here on this blog.

Interested? Send an e-mail saying why you think you’d make a good candidate to me at lnorthrup@timesunion.com. Yes, you have to give your real name.

Update: Um, no one said anything about this being true confessions about what goes on in state offices. The focus would be on state workers’ lives outside of work. Nothing more about your job than job title and agency, really, unless you want. The idea is to get to know the people who make the state run, not an overarching conspiracy.

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Capitol Confidential gathers the best coverage of New York politics and puts it all together. Each section - Capitol, The State Worker, New York on the Potomac, and Voices - represents a unique facet of the political scene. The Capitol section features coverage from the Times Union Capitol bureau. The State Worker is dedicated to state worker issues. New York on the Potomac offers news of interest to New Yorkers from Washington. And Voices features the best of everything else, pointing you to columnists and bloggers from across the Web.